Jan. 21, 2006
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New Mexico improves to 12-6 overall, 3-2 in the Mountain West Conference… Air Force falls to 16-3 and 4-2 in the MWC
Attendance was a season-high 16,311
The home winning streak is now 21 straight games, tied for the 3rd-longest in school history…UNM has also won 30 of the past 31 in The Pit and 42 of the past 45…New Mexico has also won 10 straight MWC home games
New Mexico shot a season-high 58.3% from the floor, making 21 of 36 shots…the previous high was 56.3% (27-48) at home against Colorado State
UNM won for only the 4th time in the past 35 games when trailing at halftime, a record that dates to the start of the 2002-03 season
New Mexico trailed at halftime (25-24) for only the third time during the current 21-game home winning streak…the Lobos were behind Colorado State (38-33) on March 5, 2005, but won 72-61…they trailed New Mexico State
(32-28) earlier this year, but won 71-68 in overtime
The Falcons made 1 of 7 (14%) 3-pointers in the 1st half, the lowest percentage of any half this season
The Lobos came into the game averaging 12 turnovers a game…that’s what they committed in the first half, but they only had 6 in the second period
Senior G Kris Collins came into the game shooting 59% from the FT line in his career at UNM, including 61% this season…Collins was 5-5 tonight
Senior G Mark Walters (20 points, 15 in the 2nd half) moved into 20th place on the Lobos’ career scoring list with 1,025 points…he has 2 more points than teammate David Chiotti, who has 1,023
Senior F David Chiotti is now tied with Lewis LaMar for 21st all-time at UNM with 540 career rebounds
UNM leads the series with Air Force 41-15, including
25-3 in Albuquerque and 24-1 in The Pit
New Mexico is 38-13 since the start of the 2004-05 season